Legal News

Citing caselaw that goes back 120 years, the Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a Marion Superior judge’s dismissal of
a complaint against a central Indiana hospital pursuant to Indiana Trial Rule 12(B)(6).

The Indiana Supreme Court revised the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure to allow pro se litigants and other potential clients
to use limited scope representation more often and without some of the restraint they’ve had in the past.

Scolding the Indiana Department of Child Services for how it handled a parental termination case, the Indiana Supreme Court
has found an incarcerated mother’s due process rights were not violated when she did not receive adequate notice about
pending proceedings that would affect her rights as a parent or when she was not allowed to attend the hearings.

The Indiana Supreme Court will consider a certified question from federal court concerning disability pension funds for police
and firefighters who are already eligible and receiving benefits governed by Indiana statute.

The Indiana Supreme Court has granted transfer to a case in which the Indiana Court of Appeals ordered a state agency to pay
a long-term care facility after the agency terminated its contract with the facility.

The Supreme Court of the United States has declined to take several Indiana cases, including a federal suit against the state’s
Board of Law Examiners filed by a man who wants to take the bar exam without going to law school.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana has launched a three-year drive to raise funds for educating Indiana residents
about human and constitutionally guaranteed rights and freedoms and to lead the fight against violations of those rights.

On Sept. 30, the Bureau of Justice Assistance announced an award of $4,423,859 for the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG). The deadline to apply for JAG funds is Oct. 31.

Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard signed an order Oct. 7 stating that rather than advance the Mortgage
Foreclosure Best Practices to the rulemaking stage, the court will oversee the guidelines, updating them as needed.

An attorney and former Democratic candidate for Gibson County prosecutor indicted on charges including possession of child
pornography and false informing, entered into a plea agreement Tuesday that wouldn’t have required he register as a
sex offender. After further review, the trial judge realized Indiana law requires him to do so.

The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of remonstrators’ challenge to annexation of land by the city of Evansville,
finding the issue to be moot because the annexation has already been completed.

A county sheriff’s department that doesn’t own, maintain or control a county road does not owe a common law duty
to warn the public of known hazardous conditions upon the roadway, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

Thanks to a partnership between Marengo Cave and the Indiana Department of Child Services, foster parents and their foster,
biological and stepchildren will be able to get in to Marengo Cave’s guided walking tours for free.